May 24, 2002, 11:33PM Ky. voters fearful as campaign gets deadly By ROGER ALFORD Associated Press MANCHESTER, Ky. -- Two candidates for sheriff were shot to death, a county clerk narrowly escaped a barrage of gunfire, and absentee voting in one county had to be suspended after the crowds became rowdy and the sheriff suspected vote-buying. It has been a bloody campaign season in the hills of eastern Kentucky -- one that has voters wondering whether it's safe to go to the polls on Tuesday. "This makes Kentucky seem like some kind of banana republic," said Paul Blanchard, director of...